"N1EE" wrote in message

A good cheaper radio is the ICOM 706 Mk IIG.
It has a remote head and that gives you lots of
installation options. If you get one, be sure
to get the SSB filter, and the level converter
is handy, but not necessary for programing it
with a computer. These radios are cheap enough
that you can buy two for the price of an M-700
and have a working spare. In fact I recommend
getting two. I have one at home and one I swap
between my truck and my big boat. Just because
it is not expensive is not a reason to pass this
one buy. I've talked all over the world with it.
Japan, Croatia, Russia. I regularly can talk
anywhere on the east coast, and can reach the
better west coast stations on 40 meters.

An ICOM 706 came with my boat, plus an auto antenna tuner and an insulated
backstay. All work reasonably well, but I'd appreciate some of the
improvements made on the MK II. I've got a second antenna--a Comet folding
whip--mounted on the pushpit for 2M which allows me to easily access the
Michigan linked repeater chain from nearly anywhere on the lake. It's fun
and amusing to chew with someone in Fort Wayne, IN, while at anchor at
Drummond Island, MI, on 2M.

I've considered replacing the 706 with a larger rig and putting it in my
pickup, but space is a consideration on the boat and the 706 is compact.

Max